Theosophical Society Point Loma-Covina

Theosophical Society Point Loma-Covina

The Theosophical Society is part of a universal, ethical and intellectual Movement, which has been active throughout the ages. This Movement brought forth, in accordance with the cyclic laws of Nature, spiritual impulses, which gave the initial impetus to the great religious and philosophical systems, ever produced by humanity. It were Sages such like Lao Tze, Krishna, Gautama the Buddha, Jesus the Nazarene, Plato and many others who brought forth these impulses. They tried to divulge, time and again, the age-old Theosophy among the people and did this always in a form most suitable for that time and opportunity.

Likewise Helena Petrovna Blavatsky founded in 1875 the Theosophical Society in New York. She acted on assignment of her Teachers, indicated by the name of 'Masters of Wisdom and Compassion'. With the knowledge they supplied, a foundation was laid for the Twentieth Century thinking. H.P. Blavatsky died in 1891 after many years of self-abnegation, disappointment, revilement and physical suffering. She left humanity a voluminous number of writings, of which the theosophical standard work The Secret Doctrine is the most well known.

As also the Theosophical Society is an organization formed by people, many divisions took place in the course of the years. Few years after the passing of H.P. Blavatsky two most important branches developed from the international organization. In the Netherlands one branch is known as the Theosophical Society (with headquarters in Adyar, India) and the other (the compiler of this article) as the Theosophical Society, of which the headquarters were respectively in New York, Point Loma and Covina, the latter two in California. At present it is established in the Blavatsky House, in The Hague. After H.P. Blavatsky the Theosophical Society was directed by W.Q. Judge (1891-1896), Kath. Tingley (1896-1929). Dr. G de Purucker (1929-1942), A.L. Conger (1945-1951), W. Hartley (1951-1955), D.J.P. Kok (1958-1985) and H.C. Vermeulen (1985- ).